It’s rare that we get to read interviews with the people who make the magazines. And one of the longest lasting editors in all snowboard media is Snowboarder Magazine’s Pat Bridges (we never thought we’d say that). ESPN correspondent Colin Whyte checks in and get gems like this:
I’ve gotta say I am tired of people wanting to grow snowboarding via exposure. Seriously, who hasn’t already seen snowboarding? We are creeping up on our fourth Olympics and have had over a dozen X-Games. Recently a new tour has been hyped and touted as “helping to grow snowboarding.” It is doing no more than anything else on Network TV has done to grow snowboarding. It is growing the amount of money that Viacom is making off of snowboarding for sure. I must admit that watching the event live on the tube was convenient except that it was on a Sunday which kept me and however many other weekend warriors off the hill.
Amen, brother. Follow the link for the rest of the interview with one of snowboarding’s most original voices.
[Link: ESPN]
Hey Pat,
The timing of the Dew Tour Halfpipe Finals was designed for tv watchers and inconvenient for sure for real life attendees, at 4pm on Sunday afternoon, just when we want to get into the traffic conga line to trudge home from the hill. But have you ever heard of DVR, Tivo, or old-school way – recording it on your VCR? LOL!
Lauren
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